The body in art therapy

Art Therapy made by volunteers from ATE is a therapeutic framework and the methodology which is mainly used on art therapy theory, group analytic psychotherapy, dynamic psychotherapies and contemporary art theory. As a general rule, Art Therapy is indicated for people who, due to their circumstances or the disease they suffer, find it difficult to verbally articulate their conflicts and emotions. The initiative "The body in art therapy" is a creative action as a modulator of emotional activation in adults with severe intellectual disability (DIS). The activities included in this initiative are: design an MIAT based on the body's potential as the main avenue of creative expression for adults with DIS; explore how the dynamics of creative action work in modulating emotional activation during creative processes; and analyse the mechanisms of action, dynamics of intervention and factors at play with the development and application of MIAT.